Caving

Category Climb

“ The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them – Jim Rohn ”

“ You are capable of accomplishing more than you know. You must believe. ”

“ The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live. ”

“ The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them – Jim Rohn ”

“ You are capable of accomplishing more than you know. You must believe. ”

“ The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live. ”

“ The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them – Jim Rohn ”

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Welcome to hell on earth, or rather hell under the earth.  Caving is akin to climbing a mountain in reverse, complete with tight crawl spaces, cold wet winds whipping through narrow fissures, and flooded tunnels.  Caving can dish out more misery than most people will ever want to endure.  If the idea of crawling on your belly for several hours and squeezing through tight, wet, and dank spaces makes you uncomfortable, then perhaps you are not cut out for Caving. 

FICOR Score

(Fatality & Injury Classification of Risk)

Discipline : SSC - Super Severe cave
Discipline : SC - Severe cave
Discipline : VDC - Very difficult cave
Fatality Rate of 1: X Participants
Severe Injury Rate of 1: X Participants

FICOR score is based on XDGE's proprietary scoring system

Minimum score to be considered for XDGE is 50, and the maximum is 100. This FICOR score is based on available data combined with XDGE's proprietary scoring system which weights several factors based on importance, including: insurance risk scores for the particular activity being evaluated, reaction time available as an adverse event unfolds, speed, height, depth, technical difficulty, ability to mitigate risk during activity, availability of backup equipment, involvment of other participants, location of activity, mental focus required, outcome resulting of most mishaps such as death or hospitalization, and a determination of the likelihood of having a major accident if that sport is done frequently.